Cigar-bunching machine



(Modl.) I

J; A. MGOONNELL.

GIGAR BUNGHING MACHINE.

No. 880,604. Panem-,ed Nov. 17,'1885.

WITJVESSES 4 LNVEJTOR ,N QAMM 9mm/ Attorney i UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICEo J OSEPH A. MOCONNELL, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

ClGAR-BUNCHING MACHINE.

SPECIE'ICATI'QN forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,604, dated November 17,1885.

` Application filed Juno 13, 1885. Serial No. 168,566. (Model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osEPH A. MoCoNNELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pitt-sburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Bunching Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the acaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The obj ect of this improvement is a machine of economical construction and simple reliable operation, for rapidly, smoothly, and uniformly bunching cigars. These results are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the drawings herewith filed as a part hereof, in which the same letters of reference denote the same parts in the different views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, with parts broken away, representing a cigar-bunching machine embodying the features of my improvement. Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a plan view, and Fig. 4 is a modification.

The supporting-frame is composed of sides A A, the top A','secured thereto by screws a,

or otherwise, and transverse pieces A2 A, dovetailed into the sides A, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

B is a bearing-board secured to the top A', between slots a' of the same, provided therein for the reception of uprights G O, which are transversely connected below the top A'.

by a bar, G', having rabbeted ends C3, which fit in grooves a`2, which extend from end to end of the sides A A. The transverse piece O' is provided with slots for the reception of uprights O O, having lateral extensions or shoulders O, which operate as bearings for bringing the uprights O O true With each other, When the connection of the bar C' thereto is completed, by means of the wedges 02 02 being driven in suitably-formed slots in the uprights- O O. The body of the upper parts of the up- I rights O O is cut 'out and made V-shaped on the inner edges for the reception of correspondingly-formed blocks D D', having projections d, which enter the end coils of and E is a roller having suitable bearings for its journals e e in the uprights O O and blocaks D D. The uprights O O are provided at their top ends with perforations for the insertion of rods c' c', which secure the positions of the blocks D' D' against the tension of the spiral springs D2 D2, which, by means of the blocks D D, cause the roller E to bear against the board B.

F is a band of sufficient length to pass over and under the roller E, around the body of a cigar-bunch, G, as is fully shown in Fig. 1, and be connected at its ends to the ends of the bearing-board B.

H is a hopper, supported at an elevation above the board B by standards H', affixed to the top A' by eyes and screws h, or other suitable means.

K is a lever, pivoted centrally to a projection, h', of the hopper H, and at its ends to plates K' K2, which are arranged to slide i-n the hopper H, for a purpose hereinafter set forth.

L is a wire spring fixed to the hopper H, and connected by means of a pin, k, With the sliding-plate mechanism described, the lower plate, K2, of which, when in the position shown, closes the lower end or exit of the hopper H, and the plate K' will leave the upper end of the hopper open, as is fully shown in Fig. 3.

The material for cigar-filling is put into the hopper, and When the plates K' Kz are in the position shown a suitable quantity of the same will lodge on the plate K2 to form the filling of one cigar, and when the plate K' is pressed inward the filling will drop on the cigar-binder, which is laid diagonally on the part F' of the.band F. The roller E is then raised, the

'springs between the blocks permitting it, sufficiently to pass the filling and one end of the binder under it and between the folds of the band, as shown at F2, Fig. 1, when, by moving the sliding frame C C O' to the ourved end b of the board B, the binder will be completely and smoothly wound or wrapped around the cigar filling, and when the sliding frame reaches the curved end or recess b of the board B with the roller E the body of the cigar will be automatically disengaged from its posi- IOO 'rion between the foids of the band F in eondition ready for the wrapper. The same result may be produced by arranging the frame C O O' to oscllate on a pivot and hold the roller E to a conveXed bearingboard, as indicated in Fig. 4, in which G3 is the frame-pivot and B2 is the bearing-board.

Having explained the features of niy improve'ment, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a eigar-bunching machine, the combination, with the Sliding uprights O O, of4 the bloeks D D', the roller E,journa1ed in the upl'ights under the blocks D, the eoiled spring D2, intermediate of and bearing upon blocks D D', the bearng-board B, and the band F, secured at each end to the bearing-board and passing around roller E, substantially as deseribed. i

2. In a cigar-bunohing machine, the combination of the frame composed of thesides A, top A', and transverse pieces A2, the bearingboard B, secured to top A', and having the slots a' a', the uprights O O, passing through Said slots and earrying roller E, journaled in the uprights under the blocks D D, the belt F, secured at each end to the bearing-board, and the transverse bar O', having rabbeted ends C3, fitting and working in grooves az aZ in the sides A A, substantially as vand for the purpose descrlbed.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presenee of two witnesses.

JosEPH A. MCCONNELL.

Witnesses:

JOHN MoCoRMIoK, ADAM How. 

